London: Wimbledon was hailed as “a class act” on Friday after the tournament agreed to award 10 million pounds in prize money to the 620 players who would have taken part in the tournament had it not been cancelled. The All England Club said that based on world rankings, 224 players who would have competed…
James Anderson surpasses Glenn McGrath, becomes the most successful Test fast bowler
September 12, 2018London: England fast bowler James Anderson on Tuesday became the most prolific pacer in Test cricket after taking his 564th wicket. He achieved this feat in the fifth Test against India at The Oval. James Anderson surpassed previous record holder and Australian great Glenn McGrath who had 563 wickets to his name. Anderson knocked out…
Women’s Hockey WC: India Thrash Italy 3-0 to set up Quarter-final date with Ireland
August 1, 2018London: Indian women’s hockey team produced a stellar performance to ease past lower-ranked Italy 3-0 in the cross-over match and progress to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. India discovered scoring ways to finally end Italy’s World Cup adventure through a field strike from Lalremsiami (20th minute) and two penalty corner goals from Neha Goyal…
London to host new Athletics World Cup in July
February 7, 2018Eight nations will compete in the inaugural Athletics World Cup at London’s Olympic Stadium on July 14 and 15. The competition, featuring all track and field events up to and including the 1500m will be between the US, Britain, Poland, China, Germany, France, Jamaica and South Africa. One man and one woman will compete for…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India loses to England by 9 runs in the final
July 24, 2017The England Women Cricket team staged a comeback to beat India by nine runs in a thrilling ICC Women’s World Cup final. Anya Shrubsole was the pick of the bowlers as she took six wickets to clearly take away the game from India. India’s Poonam Raut was batting brilliantly even as India looked all set…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India to take on England in finals tomorrow
July 22, 2017England and India will battle it out for a chance to make history at Lord’s in the Women’s World Cup Final tomorrow. The hosts reached the final after beating South Africa by two wickets in a nail-biting match in Bristol on July18, with Sarah Taylor top-scoring with 54. India meanwhile, beat defending champions Australia by…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: England storm into final with two balls to spare
July 19, 2017England has won both of the Women’s World Cups held on home soil and will have the chance to make it a hat-trick on Sunday at Lord’s after claiming a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa in the final over of the semi-final in Bristol, yesterday. What looked like being a straightforward victory when South…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Hosts England take on South Africa
July 18, 2017England opener Tammy Beaumont has insisted that her side’s victory over South Africa earlier in the group stage of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the semi-finals of the tournament at the Bristol County Ground on Tuesday. England have won six games in…
Federer conquers Wimbledon
July 17, 2017Roger Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory over Croatia’s Marin Cilic yesterday. The Swiss third seed won 6-3 6-1 6-4 as seventh seed Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during the second…
ICC Women’s World Cup: India storm into semifinals crush New Zealand by 186 runs
July 16, 2017Skipper Mithali Raj slammed a century before left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned with a five-wicket haul as India crushed New Zealand by 186 runs to storm into the semifinals of the ICC Women’s World Cup yesterday. After being put in to bat, India scored 265/7 in their 50 overs. Mithali Raj slammed her sixth hundred…
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